Crop Constituent Sensing

1. An agricultural system comprising: a crop constituent value distribution system configured to obtain a detected crop constituent value detected by a crop constituent sensor, the detected crop constituent value corresponding to a sensor measurement by the crop constituent sensor, the crop constituent value distribution system further configured to assign the detected crop constituent value, as a distributed constituent value, to a set of subregions from which the detected crop constituent value was measured during the sensor measurement; a weighted constituent value generator configured to generate a weighted crop constituent value for each subregion in the set of subregions, the weighted crop constituent value for a subregion in the set of subregions being based on the distributed constituent value for the subregion and based on an agricultural characteristic-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on an agricultural characteristic value for the subregion; and an action signal generator configured to control a controllable subsystem of an agricultural machine based on the weighted crop constituent value for the subregions in the set of subregions.

2. The agricultural system of claim 1 wherein the agricultural characteristic-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on an agricultural characteristic value for the subregion comprises a vegetative index (VI)-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on a VI value for the subregion and further comprising: a vegetative index map processing system configured to access a VI map that includes a VI value georeferenced to each of the subregions in the set of subregions and to generate the VI-estimated constituent value for the subregion in the set of subregions based on the VI value georeferenced to the subregion in the set of subregions.

3. The agricultural system of claim 2, wherein the vegetative index map processing system comprises: a VI value extraction component configured to access VI values for each of the subregions from the VI map.

4. The agricultural system of claim 3, wherein the vegetative index map processing system comprises: a correlation generator configured to generate a VI value-to-constituent value correlation between a given VI value and a constituent value.

5. The agricultural system of claim 4, wherein the vegetative index map processing system comprises: a VI-estimated constituent value generator configured to generate the VI-estimated constituent value for the subregion based on the VI value georeferenced to the subregion and the VI value-to-constituent value correlation.

6. The agricultural system of claim 1, wherein the agricultural machine is an agricultural harvester.

7. The agricultural system of claim 1 and further comprising: a communication system configured to communicate with a remote system over a network, wherein the action signal generator is configured to generate an action signal to control the communication system to communicate the weighted crop constituent value to the remote system.

8. The agricultural system of claim 1 and further comprising: a data store, and wherein the action signal generator is configured to generate an action signal to control the data store to store the weighted crop constituent value.

9. The agricultural system of claim 1, wherein the agricultural machine comprises an agricultural harvester, and wherein the crop constituent sensor is deployed on the agricultural harvester and is configured to detect the crop constituent value corresponding to harvested crop during a harvesting operation.

10. A computer implemented method of controlling an agricultural machine comprising: obtaining a detected crop constituent value detected by a crop constituent sensor, the detected crop constituent value corresponding to a sensor measurement by the crop constituent sensor; assigning the detected crop constituent value, as a distributed constituent value, to a set of subregions from which the detected crop constituent value was measured during the sensor measurement; generating a weighted crop constituent value for each subregion in the set of subregions, the weighted crop constituent value for a subregion in the set of subregions being based on the distributed constituent value for the subregion and based on an agricultural characteristic-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on an agricultural characteristic value for the subregion; and controlling a controllable subsystem of the agricultural machine based on the weighted crop constituent value for the subregions in the set of subregions.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the agricultural characteristic-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on an agricultural characteristic value for the subregion comprises a vegetative index (VI)-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on a VI value for the subregion, the method further comprising: accessing a VI map that includes a VI value georeferenced to each of the subregions in the set of subregions; and generating the VI-estimated constituent value for the subregion in the set of subregions based on the VI value georeferenced to the subregion in the set of subregions.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 11, wherein accessing a VI map comprises: accessing VI values for each of the subregions from the VI map.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 12, wherein generating the VI-estimated constituent value comprises: generating a VI value-to-constituent value correlation between a given VI value and a given crop constituent value.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 13, wherein generating the VI-estimated constituent value comprises: generating the VI-estimated constituent value for the subregion based on the VI value georeferenced to the subregion and the VI value-to-constituent value correlation.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the agricultural machine comprises an agricultural harvester.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 10 and further comprising: generating an action signal to control a communication system to communicate the weighted crop constituent value to a remote system.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the agricultural system comprises a data store, the computer implemented method further comprising: generating an action signal to control the data store to store the weighted crop constituent value.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the agricultural machine comprises an agricultural harvester, wherein the crop constituent sensor is deployed on the agricultural harvester, and wherein obtaining a detected crop constituent value comprises: detecting the crop constituent value corresponding to harvested crop during a harvesting operation.

19. An agricultural system comprising: an agricultural vehicle configured to perform an agricultural operation in a field; a crop constituent sensor, mounted on the agricultural vehicle, configured to perform a sensor measurement to detect a crop constituent value during the agricultural operation; a crop constituent value distribution system configured to obtain the detected crop constituent value and to assign the crop constituent value, as a distributed constituent value, to a set of subregions from which the detected crop constituent value was measured during the sensor measurement; a weighted constituent value generator configured to generate a weighted crop constituent value for each subregion in the set of subregions, the weighted crop constituent value for a subregion in the set of subregions being based on the distributed constituent value for the subregion and based on a vegetative index (VI)-estimated constituent value for the subregion that is estimated based on a VI value for the subregion; and an action signal generator configured to control the agricultural vehicle based on the weighted crop constituent value for the subregions in the set of subregions.

20. The agricultural system of claim 19 and further comprising: a VI value extraction component configured to access VI values for each of the subregions from a VI map that includes VI values georeferenced to the subregions; a correlation generator configured to generate a VI value-to-constituent value correlation between a given VI value and a constituent value; and a VI-estimated constituent value generator configured to generate the VI-estimated constituent value for the subregion based on the VI value georeferenced to the subregion and the VI value-to-constituent value correlation.